tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post7583500213155735524..comments2023-06-01T18:03:09.243+10:00Comments on The Idea of Home: Help Wanted!Alison Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-57636856739315121212010-02-15T07:48:24.544+11:002010-02-15T07:48:24.544+11:00Hi Kathy, Well, six year olds are easier to please...Hi Kathy, Well, six year olds are easier to please than 12 year olds! We too have fallen in love with chocolate digestives and all manner of English food. Very unexpected. It's funny what brings us such happiness! alisonAlison Sampsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04492848177186327971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839440111268667274.post-19343128555479742592010-02-14T05:30:13.093+11:002010-02-14T05:30:13.093+11:00Dear Alison,
I found you by way of Hope at A Song...Dear Alison,<br /><br />I found you by way of Hope at A Song Not Scored for Breathing. I'm very grateful she mentioned your blog. I find it delightful. <br /><br />I loved your story about walking around the Lakes District with your daughter. It was beautifully written. A joy to read.<br /><br />I also took my daughter to England. We spent a semester there when I was about 30 and she was about 12. I was an English major, so it was the fulfillment of a dream for me. I don't remember my daughter being as enchanted as yours was.<br /><br />But we did have some good times. She could be persuaded to be happy as long as I took her to a Boots department store or a movie. We both loved chocolate digestive biscuits. I smuggled several packages of them back home. And there was a warm pudding we used to make from a powder and boiling water.<br /><br />The place where we were happiest in our time there was while we were traveling on spring break. We found a little Italian fishing village where there were no movies or department stores, but there was gellato and a train strike so we could not leave and 3-hour afternoon siestas, which we always spent on the beach, and we were both supremely happy.<br /><br />Your post brought that all back. Thanks for the ramble. I'll be following.Kathy M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17266701533758183054noreply@blogger.com